Liz Longley’s Sugar Hill Records Release Debuts With Critical Acclaim

“She is, in my opinion, a superstar in the making. Move over Miranda and Kacey. 
There’s a new girl in town." - Dallas Morning News

Nashville, Tenn. (March 26, 2015) - Liz Longley, the self-titled fourth studio album from singer/songwriter and dual-instrumentalist by the same name is available now on Sugar Hill Records. Released March 17th, the album has already garnered critical acclaim in Huffington Post, American Songwriter and Dallas Morning News, among others.
Of the album, American Songwriter muses “Longley combines elements of blues, country, pop, rock, folk and even R&B with the ease and confidence of an artist who has found her voice. Every track boasts a memorable musical or lyrical hook that feels natural and organic on a terrific album that, while not her debut, sounds like the start of an immensely promising career.” 

The new songs on this album grew amidst a period of transition and travel in Longley’s life; crafted while moving between Boston and New York before finally settling in Nashville, the city which has it’s own unique influence on the sound of this release, these numbers pack the punch of pages torn from Longley’s journal. 
Longley confides with you as though you’re sitting on the sofa with her in a talk that’s intimate and vulnerable. Huffington Post describes Liz as, “an introspective artist who no longer hangs with the new kids on the writer's block.” The growth in Longley’s songwriting is evident on this new release. She penned all eleven tracks, each connecting with the listener on a personal level, the music perfectly pairing vulnerability with enough mystery to allow listeners to find their own meaning. Sing Out! proclaims, “There are songs here that are just about as good as songwriting gets.” 

The album, produced by Gus Berry in Nashville, Tenn, and featuring sequencing and several new mixes from Sugar Hill's Vice President of A&R and GRAMMY award - winning engineer and producer Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Sarah Jarosz), is described by Popdose as “a thing of beauty. Her voice, filled with warmth and sultry-ness and her songs, which are lyric-smart and melody-rich immediately hit all the right notes and heights.”  
Longley stopped by the CMT studios to record an interview and live version of “Bad Habit,” which premiered on CMT Edge last week. One of Longley’s most intimate and vulnerable confessions, “Bad Habit” strides the valley road of heartbreak, with her vocals taking center stage. Brian Atkinson at CMT Edge says, “Liz Longley‘s new self-titled album explores emotional byways both salty (“Skin and Bones”) and sweet (“Outta My Head”).” The CMT produced video for “Bad Habit” is available here.

Longley also recorded a special set of in-studio videos at Nashville’s Minutia Studios to coincide with the release of the album. The featured performances, directed by Bill Filipiak, include “Outta My Head,” “Memphis,” “Simple Love,” and “Bad Habit.” 

PopMatters premiered the video for “Outta My Head” on street date. “There’s a warmth and vulnerability in the video to Liz Longley’s tune “Outta My Head,” says PopMatters. “This is due mostly to Longley’s openness and honesty in her lyrical pursuits, a thread that runs throughout all of her music but especially Liz Longley. In singing a song of moving on, of finding a way to shed those parts of the past that try their best to cling on, she invites the listener into a space where it’s safe to channel one’s frustrations with the way life can often feel like it’s going backwards despite our best efforts.” The additional videos will be premiered in the coming weeks. 
Longley will continue with her string of spring tour dates to promote this release, featuring headlining events in Boston, Nashville, St. Louis, Santa Monica and San Francisco, among many others. 

Praise for Liz Longley:
“Longley combines elements of blues, country, pop, rock, folk and even R&B with the ease and confidence of an artist who has found her voice. Every track boasts a memorable musical or lyrical hook that feels natural and organic on a terrific album that, while not her debut, sounds like the start of an immensely promising career.”  Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter

“For an introspective artist who no longer hangs with the new kids on the writer's block, Longley seems ready, willing and able to make the most of her lucky break.”  Michael Bialis, Huffington Post

“There’s a warmth and vulnerability in the video to Liz Longley’s tune “Outta My Head”...This is due mostly to Longley’s openness and honesty in her lyrical pursuits, a thread that runs throughout all of her music but especially Liz Longley. In singing a song of moving on, of finding a way to shed those parts of the past that try their best to cling on, she invites the listener into a space where it’s safe to channel one’s frustrations with the way life can often feel like it’s going backwards despite our best efforts.” Brice Ezell, PopMatters

“She is, in my opinion, a superstar in the making. Move over Miranda and Kacey. There’s a new girl in town.”Michael Granberry, The Dallas Morning News

Track Listing

1.“Outta My Head”
2.“Skin & Bones”
3.“Memphis”
4.“Bad Habit”
5.“You’ve Got That Way”
6.“Peace of Mind”
7.“Simple Love”
8.“This Is Not The End”
9.“Never Loved Another”
10.“Camaro”
11.“We Run”

For tour dates and more information visit www.lizlongley.com

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